UNIVERSE
ATMOSPHERIC BASIC PROPERTIES
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decreases in the troposphere and increases in the stratosphere
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decreases in both the troposphere and the stratosphere
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increases in the troposphere and decreases in the stratosphere
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increases in both the troposphere and stratosphere
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Detailed explanation-1: -Temperature increases as you gain altitude in the stratosphere and the thermosphere. Temperature decreases as you gain altitude in the troposphere and mesosphere. Air temperature varies in complicated ways with altitude.
Detailed explanation-2: -Since this heating is most effective near the ground, the temperature in the troposphere gradually decreases with increasing altitude until the tropopause is reached. This is the beginning of the stratosphere. In the stratosphere, the temperature remains isothermal until about 20 km.
Detailed explanation-3: -Stratosphere. The Stratosphere extends around 31 miles (50 km) down to anywhere from 4 to 12 miles (6 to 20 km) above the Earth’s surface. This layer holds 19 percent of the atmosphere’s gases but very little water vapor. In this region the temperature increases with height.
Detailed explanation-4: -Although variations do occur, the temperature usually declines with increasing altitude in the troposphere because the troposphere is mostly heated through energy transfer from the surface.
Detailed explanation-5: -The basic answer is that the farther away you get from the earth, the thinner the atmosphere gets. The total heat content of a system is directly related to the amount of matter present, so it is cooler at higher elevations.
Detailed explanation-6: -Temperature of troposphere decreases with altitude.